NEWSLETTER PROGRAME PARLEMENTARE CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAM ISSUE 1, MAY 1998 very year, since 1991, the Can- E ^ada Ukraine Parliamentary Pro• gram has continued to grow in number of partici• pants and in the scope of its activities with the co• Ulyana Bardyn operation of MP's in the House of Commons and University of the MPP's in the Ontario Legislature. The parlia• Lviv - Law mentarians have helped Ukrainian university stu• Hobby: dents leam about the basics of a parliamentary parachute jumping democracy. This year, 34 students fiom 16 universi• ties in Ukraine have come to Canada to participate in the 8th program. This represents the largest number of participants in the 8 years of the pro• gram. 1 was somewhat surprised that it only took us several days to become accustomed to Canada and to make fiiends with fellow students from all comers of Ukraine. Coming to Canada, Vadym Bobrov each of us had his or her expectations as to the Interregional experience each would get from CUPP. The unify• Academy of Human ing purpose for all of us was the opportunity to Resources in leam more about the basis on which a democratic Kyiv - Law society and state has to be built. In addition to this Hobby: computers goal, each student has additional specific interests depending on their field of studies, such as the Ca• nadian Health Care System, judicial practice in Carrada and so forth. The discussions and commu• nications among the 34 CUPP interns also pro• vided us with a source for new ideas and perspec• tives about developments in Ukraine. Unlike some of the previoirs year pro• grams, this year we have had the opportunity to do an internship in both the federal and provincial 4| Olba Dmytrenko parliaments. During our first two weeks in To• University of ronto, more than a half of us worked with MPPs in Kyiv - Law Ontario Legislature. We had a good opportunity to Hobby: theatre become famihar with the principles of a federated state, by comparing the work and fields of respon- sibihties of both the federal and provincial parlia• ments. In leaving Toronto, the birs which took us to Ottawa, was carrying not jirst 34 Ukrainian stu• dent interns, but was carrying 34 individuals who were looking forward to new challenges. May, 1998 HISTORY OF CUPP On July 16th, 1990 the Ukrainian Par• liament adopted the Declaration of Sover• eignty which declared that Parliament recog• nized the need to build the Ukrainian state Volodymyr Hirnyak based on the Rule of Law. On August 24, University of 1991 the Ukrainian Parliament adopted the Lviv - Law Declaration of Independence, which the citi• Hobby: politics zens of Ukraine endorsed in the referendum of December 1st, 1991. Also in 1991, Canadians celebrated the Centennial of Ukrainian group immigration to Canada. To mark the Centeimial, organizations planned programs and projects to celebrate this milestone in Canada's history. The Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foun• dation of Toronto decided to mark the Centen• Yaroslav Hordievich nial by establishing the Canada-Ukraine Parlia• University of mentary Program for undergraduate university Lviv - Law Hobby: psychology Marta Khomiak students from Ukraine. University of The Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Lviv - Law Program gives Ukrainian students an opportu• Hobby: judo nity to work and study in the Canadian Parlia• ment, and gain experience from which gen• erations of Canadian, American and West European students have benefited. On the ba• sis of academic excellence, knowledge of the English or French and Ukrainian languages, and an interest in the parliamentary system of government, undergraduate university stu• Victoria Kleiman dents from Ukraine can apply for a CUPP University of scholarship. It is hoped that CUPP will con• Chernivtsi - tribute to the education of future leaders of International Ukraine. Relations CUPP is a Parliamentary Democracy Hobby: travelling and Comparative Political Studies Internship Semester in the Canadian House of Com• mons. The Intemship Semester lasts three months and takes place in the spring of each year in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May, 1998 Oleksandr Kopets University of Lviv - International Anna Kossiv Relations University of Hobby: Lviv - Foreign alpine skiing Languages Hobby: sports Yuri Kushnir University of Volodymyr Lviv - Law Maychenko Hobby: science / ' Odesa Agricultural' Institute - Agronomy Hobby: politics Andrew Panasenko 1 # w University of Kyiv - International Economics Relations Hobby: boxing Olena Shkuratko Luhansk Pedagogical ^Institute - History and Sociology Hobby: hiking May, 1998 Expectations: before the commencement of CUPP For me, the CUPP experience began the moment I left home to catch plane for Canada. For the next two and one-half months I am wed• ded to CUPP more closely than to my family, fiiends or university. Before my selection for the Program, I envisaged CUPP as a goal to achieve. I experi• enced various emotions about my goal during the months leadig up to the fmal selection meeting. While completing the lengthy application for CUPP, I thought this Program to be an opportu• nity to gain a unique experience of studying in situ the Canadian political, social, economic and legal systems. It was during the personal interview in Kyiv that 1 gained a deeper understanding of what CUPP can offer me and what I can contrib• ute to the work of the Program. I began to for• mulate a general idea and objectives about CUPP and began to set out a timetable and ob• jectives for my stay in Toronto and in Ottawa, my work with my parliamentarians and possibili• ties of research in the parliamentary libraries. After the initial several days in Toronto, I realized that the CUPP offers opportunities for study and acquisition of knowledge. It will be up to each participant as to how much we will con• tribute and how much he will gain from CUPP. Oleksandr Kopets 4th year, International relations University of Lviv My MPP: Brenda Elliot My MP: Benoit Serre Team: Pacific May, 1998 In my opinion CUPP means: ...GOOD WILL. Individualsin the Ukrainian dias• pora, united to provide an opportunity for Ukrainian university students to undergo an intemship in the Ontario Legislature and in the House of Commons. Participants of the CUPP program on their part, should demonstrate good will in participating in all scheduled activities of the Program. ...EFFORTS. The CUPP program requires an enor• mous effort on the part of its organizers to keep it current and interesting. ...COMMUNICATION between organizers from both Canadian and Ukrainian sides; essential to be maintained between the organizers, participants parliamentarians. CUPP participants are students from many regions of Ukraine. CUPP provides an opportunity for interaction among the students, thereby bringing closer all regions of Ukraine. ...MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCE. When people of different nationalities and races commu• nicate daily, they become more tolerant in their attitude to other cultures. Greater tolerance dimin• ishes or dissolves conflicts, thereby fostering the development of an open society. ...OPEN-MINDEDNESS, which is demonstrated in the readiness to accept different lifestyles and attitudes and to overcome prejudice against people whose views are different from your own. ...FUN in what you are doing. When everything organized properly there is no better outcome. Kopets, Oleksandr 4th year. International relations University of Lviv My MPP: Brenda Elliot My MP: Benoit Serre May, 1998 Ihor Markuts Ukrainian Academy of Water Management - Public Administration 'A Coordinator James Ha How to apply to CUPP: Applications may be obtained from our website: York University www.infoukes.com. Completed application should be sent via fax or mail before November 1st, 1998 to: Chair of Ukrainian Studies Foundation Coordinator 620 Spadina Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2H4 Fax: (416) 234-9114 Tel: 234-9111 Attention: Ihor Bardyn, CUPP Program Director Editors: Ihor Markuts, Slava Opeida PROGRAMME PARLEMENTAIRE CANADA-UKRAINE PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAM 1998 PARTICIPATING MEMBERS OF THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE: Domenic AGOSTINO (Hamilton), Toby BARRETT (Norfolk), Alex CULLEN (Ottawa), Alvin CURLING (Toronto), Carl DeFARIA (Mississauga), Brenda ELLIOTT (Guelph), Bernard GRANDMAITRE (Ottawa), John HASTINGS (Toronto), Gerard KENNEDY (Toronto), Peter KORMOS (Welland-Thorold), Jerry MARTINIUK (Cambridge), Gilles MORIN (Ottawa), Jerry OUELLETTE (Oshawa), John PARKER (Toronto), Jerry PHILLIPS (Toronto), Douglas ROLLINS (Quinte), Derwyn SHEA, Liberal Research Office - Christine BOME i 1998 PARTICIPATING MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT: j Jean AUGUSTINE (Ontario), Chris AXWORTHY (Saskatchewan), Carolyn BENNETT (Ontario), Maurizio BEVILACOUA (Ontario), Leon BENOIT (Alberta), Bernard BIGRAS (Quebec), Sarmite BULTE (Ontario), Michelle DOCKRILL (Nova Scotia), Mac HARB (Ontario), Tony lANNO (Ontario), David IFTODY j (Manitoba), Gar KNUTSON (Ontario), Walt LASTEWKA (Ontario), Hon. Lawrence MacAULAY (Prince \ Edward Island), John MALONEY (Ontario), Preston MANNING (Alberta), Inky MARK (Manitoba), Ian 1 MCCLELLAND (AWerta), Dan MCTEAGUE (Ontario), Peter MILLIKEN (Ontario), Dennis MILLS i (Ontario), Maria MINNA (Ontario), John NUNZIATA (Ontario), Lome NYSTROM (Saskatchewan), Rey ! PAGTAKHAN (Manitoba), George PROUD (Prince Edward Island), Brent ST. DENIS (Ontario), Diane ST- | JACQUES (Quebec), Benoit SERRE (Ontario), Alex SHEPHERD (Ontario), John SOLOMON (Saskatchewan), ! Andrew TELEGDl (Ontario), Tom WAPPEL (Ontario), Reform Party Communications Office . .